Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy: The Activist Who Saved Nature From the Conservationists
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May 12, 2011 from 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm |
| Where | The Mountaineers Program Center in Magnuson Park, 7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle |
| Contact Name | The Mountaineers |
| Contact Phone | (206) 521-6000 |
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Award winning author Dyana Furmansky introduces you to the environmental movement’s first heroine, Rosalie Edge.
Her book, Rosalie Edge: Hawk of Mercy, tells of Rosalie’s productive life to save birds and wildlife around the country.
She was the founder of the first raptor sanctuary, Hawk Mountain, in Pennsylvania and fought for national parks and wilderness nationwide.
Rosalie, a New York socialite, has recently been called by Bill McKibben, “the most effective conservationist between John Muir and Rachel Carson for all that she accomplished across the country.”
Rosalie’s unabashed passion, organizing skills, and influence on the Secretary of the Interior, as well as the press, were instrumental in the establishment of Olympic National Park.
She crafted pamphlets that spurred Congress into action by exposing the massive slaughter of the Roosevelt Elk and the rapid clear-cutting of the Olympic Peninsula's ancient forests.
As a result, Olympic National Park was the first national park that had its boundaries drawn to take into account the protection of ecosystems as well as scenic beauty.
There will be a book signing after the talk.
